JCHAN82656
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hello, I'm a landlord of a 6-unit apartment building in Philadelphia. The tanent moved in one of the 2-bedroom apartment in July, then 2 weeks later, he told me there are bedbugs. (Ex-tanents or other tenants in the building never reported any bedbug problem before). I offered them bedbug killer which I purchased from Home Depot. He told me that it dind't work after using it. So I scheduled a professional treatment to kill bedbugs and costs are on me, but his roommate didn't have cooperate with the treatment preparation and she told me she would let me know for another schedule, but they never call me to set up a time since that. (I kept the emails between me and the exterminating company, which prove that i did hire the exterminator.)
In this September, the tanent stopped paying rent( he was 20 days late on the Sept rent) and saying that he want to terminate the lease and want me to pay back the security deposit and the damages for mattress, dry-cleaning costs, and medical expenses of bedbug bites(toal damages he's asking for is one month rent back), and saying that he will go to court if i don't agree.
Also, another unit above was infected and reported that bedbuds were found two weeks ago.
What should I do? Should I go to court and will I win???
Thank you so much!!!!
Simon
In this September, the tanent stopped paying rent( he was 20 days late on the Sept rent) and saying that he want to terminate the lease and want me to pay back the security deposit and the damages for mattress, dry-cleaning costs, and medical expenses of bedbug bites(toal damages he's asking for is one month rent back), and saying that he will go to court if i don't agree.
Also, another unit above was infected and reported that bedbuds were found two weeks ago.
What should I do? Should I go to court and will I win???
Thank you so much!!!!
Simon